Purgatory
Purgatory
Television (One-hour)
· Western · 71 pages
Status: Spec
A fatherless, half-Black, half-Irish Cowboy returns from prison to find his mother presumed dead and their ranch stolen. As his quest to regain the land turns to revenge, he learns an eye-for-an-eye will blind everyone in this corrupt town where deep roots, bootlegging gangs and racism run deep.
Written by
Louis Macovsky and Nancy Froeschle
4 Accolades
Accolade Highlights
Second Rounder,
Austin Film Festival 2021
Quarterfinalist,
Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards Winter 2022-23
2 Writers
Louis enjoys exploring character, place, and history through story and photography. His inspirations are the people in rural and urban environments with whom he worked, traveled, and backpacked, as well as his heritage. His writing tends toward historical fiction that provides lessons from the past for today. "Protect the Commons," "What comes aroun...
Show more
Portland, OR
Nancy loves to write. She's a Nicholl winner for a WWI story. Her optioned thriller, The Restoration, won the Writers Digest Competition. She was hired to adapt a Vietnam War book as a series - Martin Sheen is attached. Her western pilot, Purgatory, has multiple awards. Her latest is Exit The Machine, a sci-fi thriller, and she was recently hired to...
Show more
Additional Project Info
International Screenwriters Association (ISA) Fast Track Fellowship: 2022 Second Round Finalist